‘Denmark holds the key to UK EU policy’
During a trip to Iceland, Wednesday, British PM David Cameron warned there would be negative consequences for the UK if it follows the example of Scandinavian countries such as Iceland and Norway, nations…
MoreNovo Nordisk criticises government’s research cuts
Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has lashed out at the government’s move to cut scientific research funding by 8.5 per cent – around DKK1.4bn. The company’s head of research, Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, accused the…
MoreLack of support for tax cut proposal
Less than one in three voters support the government’s move to cut the punitive, top rate of income tax on high earners. Ahead of next Spring’s tax reform negotiations, a new Epinion poll…
MoreAirport opens Airbus extension
The world’s largest passenger plane will be able take off and land at Copenhagen Airport from the 1st of December. The airport has rebuilt a runway and built new passenger facilities to accommodate…
MoreBusiness shorts
Housing market recovers/Telecom sector recovers/Telenor revises outlook after failed merger Homes: After a seven-year slump the housing market is heading for a 23-year high in 2015. A new survey by national realtor Home…
MoreAnti-refugee adverts distorted the truth
The government presented a distorted picture of reality when it placed anti-refugee adverts in Lebanon newspapers last month, a cross-ministerial report has found. The report forms the basis of the investigation launched by…
MoreAsylum figures up in September
Integration Minister Inger Støjberg claims she wasn’t surprised that 2,761 asylum seekers came to Denmark in September, even though the figure was 50% up on the previous month. Despite the month on month…
MoreLocal authorities demand more cash to deal with family reunifications
Local Government Denmark (LGDK) has appealed for more money in next year’s budget to deal with the ever-rising number of family reunifications. According to new Immigration Service figures, 12,572 people have applied for…
MoreSocial Democrats thrown out of immigration negotiations
The Social Democrats claimed last night to have been thrown out of negotiations with Integration Minister Inger Støjberg concerning new immigration restrictions. Integration spokesman, Dan Jørgensen, said his party had agreed to accept…
More‘Dictatorial’ majority denies Muslim citizenship
The centre-right majority in parliament has been accused of ‘running a dictatorship’ by denying citizenship to a 25-year-old Muslim. 25-year-old Belal El-Khatib’s name was on a new parliamentary bill that would have secured…
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